trodgers wrote:Even if Kobe had three seconds, had he run forward, he would have been running into at least two defenders who had great position. There was no play for him there.

I have League Pass so I was able to look back on that final play, and he had one defender in front of him. He could've tried to make a play to his right a pulled up. And I say that because I've seen him do that tons of times in games before. The shot he took surely wasn't the best option.